πατρώϊος

-η, -ον

[πατρ-, πατήρ.]

Of, pertaining to, inherited or derived from, one’s fathers or one’s father, hereditary: σκῆπτρον Il. 2.46, 186. Cf. Il. 5.125, Il. 6.215, 231, Il. 19.387, Il. 20.391, Il. 21.44 : ξεῖνος Od. 1.175, 417, Od. 17.522. Cf. Od. 1.187, 387, Od. 2.22 (the family ...), 254, 286, Od. 12.136, Od. 13.188 and 251 (his fatherland), Od. 17.69.

Absol. in neut. pl., one’s inheritance : ἔχειν πατρώϊα πάντα Od. 16.388. Cf. Od. 17.80, Od. 20.336, Od. 22.61.